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| translating messages (stimuli) from the environment |
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| producing stable interpretations of the translated messages |
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* data-driven
* bottom-up (info comes through neural/afferent processes then brings it "up" to your mind)
* physical parts (ex. cochlea of ear, etc) |
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* conceptually driven
* top-down (brain to body)
* psychological instead of physical |
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| Historical School of Thought associated with Sensation |
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Structuralism
* Wundt, Fechner, Weber
* Titchener = taste |
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| Historical School of Thought associated with Perception |
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Gestaltists
* Overall form not just basic elements
* How we experience the whole, rather than the pieces of what we sense |
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| Process of vision - anatomical chain |
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| Light -> Retina -> Photoreceptors (rods and cones) -> Neuron fires -> optic nerve -> visual cortex |
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| Process of hearing - anatomical chain |
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| Soundwaves -> Cochlea -> Basilar Membrane Hair Cells -> Neuron fires -> Auditory nerve -> auditory cortex |
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